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Lecture 7 Flashcards

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Definition hydrocephalus

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Imbalance between production/absorbtion of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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Causes hydrocephalus

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  1. Reduced absorbtion CSF
  2. Obstruction
  3. Excessive production
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Where is CSF made?

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In choroid plexus of lateral ventricles

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Where does CSF circulates?

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Through 3th + 4th ventricle to subarchnoid space

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Obstructive hydrocephalus

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Blockage in circulation CSF

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Communicative hydrocephalus

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Problems in absorbtion CSF of the brain

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Congenital hydrocephalus

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Before birth in embryonic phase

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Acquired hydrocephalus

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During/after birth

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Shunt

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drainage of CSF through right parietal lobe

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Consequences hydrocephalus

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  1. Enlarged Ventricles
  2. Affection white matter: corpus callosum, optic/olfactory nerves, internal capsule
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Causing lower functioning levels hydrocephalus

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  1. Congenital
  2. Shunt
  3. Complications with shunt
  4. Comorbidity
  5. Increased intracranial pressure
  6. Size of ventricles
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Agenesis corpus callosum

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Developmental impairment of the linkage between left and right hemisphere

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4 components corpus callosum

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rostrium, genu, body, splenium

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What is missing when you have a partial form of agenesis corpus callosum?

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Splenium

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Cause of agenesis corpus callosum?

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Disruption cell development

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Consequences agenesis corpus callosum

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  1. Heteropia, abnormal sulci/gyri
  2. Reduced/absent anterior and hippocampal commissures
  3. Enlarged ventricles
  4. reduced white matter
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Closed-head injury

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Skull intact, caused by falls

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Open-head injury

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Skull injured

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Primary injury (TBI)

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Local brain damage, only dysfunction of that particular area

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Secondary injury (TBI)

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Vascular, general

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Post-traumatic amnesia

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Somewhat conscious, but desoriented and loss of memory

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Mild TBI consequences

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  1. altered consciousness
  2. cognitive impairments
  3. psychological status, moodswings
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3 stages in moderate to severe TBI

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  1. Acute stage
  2. Early rehabilitation
  3. Chronic stage
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Acute stage

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Focus on survival

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Early rehabilitation

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Focus on identifying disorders and maximize recovery

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Chronic stage

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Focus on dealing and accepting permanence of disability

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